Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-01
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the deepest inkistence, which the Prussian
government hAcommenced in the canton or
Merseburg (Sa6v1 after having reached
depth of ,73S Ifires-thercfore, more than
mile-has had Abe abandoned, as IL hSo
come upon porplty rock.
AN assistant tOYrof Virchow, DR.. Graw-
itZ, finds that abb one-third of the cases
pronounced in lifeSscuIar rheum atism are
shown by post mor\ n examination to be que
| to trlchln&. or pOrkprms, In Instances Cd
served the parasites bust have been present
In the muscles Tor may years.
MRS. LIZZIE A, wilof william p. Christie
pner, of Middleton. ms, lost her power OF
speech suddenly two al a half years ago.
physician a few days al found that 1t was
due to the displacemenpf small bone In
the base of the jaw. AM replaced it. Mrs.
Christopher has now reNered her speech.
STORIES of vast snow Ids in Maine have
started New Hampshir, rivals. 1t is now
stated that in Carroll costy, n. H., that no
such season for snow is ,membered by the
eldest lumbermen; that lies from five to
eight feet deep In the wods, and is piled up
In drifts from twenty to iirty feet high in
some places.
THERE were forty colora delegates in the
Texas rohibItion State Invention. and in
the discussion attendant bon the temporary
organization one of the wte delegates al
luded to colored speahr as our colOred
brother. The colored ma promptly arose
and said he was not there the character of
colored brother, but al a Prohibitionist.
Loud cheers followed thissaIfy.
THERE is some reason for the admiration
generally felt for blue yes. A connoisseur
in eyes states that niTe- bnths of the railroad
men, pilots, and otnes who are selected for
their keenness and correctness of vision, have
blue eyes. Brown eys are beautiful. Gray
eyes usually denote Intelligence and hazel
eyes talent for music. The commonest
color of eyes is gray, nd the rarest violet.
THERE is a church t Bergen. Norway, con-
stituted OF paper, wtcb can contain nearly
900 persons. It's intrior is of circular form.
while its exterior is ctagon shape. The re-
lievas without and the deco alive statues
within, as well as thevaulted roof, nave and
Corlnthian capitals, are made of papier-
mache. which nas beel made waterproof by
SOAKING them in solution of qulckIime,
curdled milk and whle'of egg.
DETROIT claims to b the home or the BIRTH
place of a great mny theatrical stars.
Among these may be mentioned Lawrence
Barrett, who was cab boy in a dry goods
store in that city; Margaret Mather. who
began life as newsgrl; NJ. B. Curtis. who
started life as a clerk John L. Sullivan, Miss
May CLARK. Miss Mime Maddern, Miss Kitty
Mallory, Miss Nellie Cross, Georae Tyler,
known as ''SIgnOr Tag ier," Charles Bassett,
Scovile the tenor, and Miss May Fielding.
a MISSIONARY CORRESPONDENT writes to
the Chinese Reporter complaining of the
Bibles which the companion of his travels, an
agent of the British and Foreign Bible So
clety, sells to the Chiiese. He says: IL have
had TO stop the declahng of spiritual things
| to explain that the smell of these Bibles
arises from the competition of the ink which
the metal type employed in the printing rem
ders necessary" May OF the Chinese, he
says. seriously Suppose that the books are
drugged.
LA Lumiere Electrisue is responsible for
the statement that tie total length of the
overhead wires at present in use in the whole
world amounts to about 900 600 Kilometres
with 100000 kilometres of wire. This
length of wire would go thirty eight times
round the world, and would be sufficient tC
establish metallic circuit telephone commu
nlcation with the moor upon two Independent
| lines. The number ofposts required on the
terrestrial, not ON the lunar lines is about
100000.
GEN, TAYLOR said one day, soon after hi
inauguration as President, that he had never
enjoyed turkey so msch as he had at New
Orleans, on his way home from his Mexican
campaign. 1t was placed before him on the
dinner table at the st. Charles hotel, and 1
was not until he had been requested to carvt
1t that he ascertained that it was of papier.
mache. When opened II was found TO con.
tain, not st1hing. but pair. of Major Cen
erals gold epaulettes and a silk sash,
present from the artillery battalion
That" said the General, ~w-was t-turke,
worth having"
THE following is a proclaim alton made a
the Market Cross of Inverary, Scotland, les
than hundred years ago: TIA hoy! TIE 1.-THE
a-hoy2 Ia hoy three times an to hoy
Whist! By command OF His Majesty KIM
| George, an Her Grace tie Duke OF Argyll.
anybody ls found fishing boon te och, or be
low tie loch, afoFe tie ioch, or ahint to loeb, II
te loch, or on tie l0ch, aroun to loch or abou
tie loch, she's TO be persecutit WI three perse
cutions; first she's TO be burnt, syne she's T.
be drOwnt, an then She to be hangt-an'
ever she comes back she's to be persecute
W. far waur death. God save to King an
Her Grace te Duke o. Argyll"
QUEEN VICTORIA is to be presented with
gift on the occasion of her jubilee by the roya
navy and royal marines. 1t is proposed tina
every officer and man In these services shaI
subscribe or the gift one-tenth of DAVIS nav
The gift will take the form of two models q
ships, one representing the finest British sbi
, aioat In 1897, the year OF the Queens acces
sion, and the other the finest afioat in th
present year. The models are to be OF silve
and handsomely mounted. The Irish con
stabulary will also make a presentation {
her majesty. But their gift is not to be
model, but an actual Irish jaunting car, wit
an Irish-made set Of harness and an Iris
horse.
AN incident Is told, half amusing and hal
. | PtNehoeiOs biSN OuJ VI Iuc uOTFOT III Tn
Bussey bridge. A man applied at the ra il
road company's Office and asked for some on
who was Irresponsible" Having found tn
person. he askei il the railroad was going [
be made liable for in juries to the passenger,
lie was answered hat the railroad wont
hold itself responsible for any losses il tn
investigation showed that the railroad wa
in fault. "Where were you hurtP" added th
official, systematically II wasn't nurt d
all, only ] got an awful scare" was IN
answer. "How much were you scared? Wha
sum would you feel would Compensate you?
well, say about $685." answered the com
plalnant. Doubtless his claim was i'm
mediately entered and the man congratulate
on his extraordinary business sagacity. 1t
Il good thing 10 know the financial value c
AN awful scare.
ALL the marbles with which bows every
where amuse themselves, In season and on
of season, on pavements and in shady spot
are made at Oberstein, Germany. There ar
large agate quarries and mills in that neigh
borhood, and the refuse is turned to good &C
count in providing the small stone balls TO
experts TO "khucke" with. The mode Z
manufacture is as follows: The stone ls broke
into small cubes by blows of light hammer
These small blocks OF stone are thrown by tn
shovelful into the chopper" of a small mil
formed of bed stone, having its surfac
grooved with concentrated burrows: aboy
these IL the runner" which Ia made OF har
wood, having a level face on its lower su r
face. The upper block is made to reyoIy
rapidly, water being delivered upon Oh
grooves Of the bed stone where the marble
arc being rounded. IL takes about fftee